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basement monster
Open the basement door a creak
One foot on the stair
Come on, I say, don’t be meek.
There's nobody there.
A rumbling comes from the back of a throat
Rises from the depths of the dark below
A few more steps- watch me go!
Deep growls I hear, drawing near
What is that monster that I fear?
Prowling, waiting, at the bottom stair
This menacing machine does not care
Dad says it heats the house
I snort, likely story for this hunter
Creep downstairs like a mouse
No time for any sort of a blunter
It waits for little kids like me
No, stand your ground, don’t you dare flee
It whispers for its prey
Come down, it says, play
It watches for you
This stalking thing
Ready to snatch you
The basement’s king
It rules the dark!
It's the furnace in the basement.
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shel silverstein is great inspo for poems
another one i wrote for school